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Renouncing the world yet leading the church : the monk-bishop in late antiquity /

In the 4th-6th centuries, the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesiastical leadership in the eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium. Andrea Sterk explores the social, political intellectual and theological grounding for this development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sterk, Andrea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: BASIL OF CAESAREA AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEAL:
  • Monks and bishops in the Christian East from 325 to 375
  • Asceticism and leadership in the thought of Basil of Caesarea
  • Reframing and reforming the episcopate: Basil's direct influence
  • II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEAL:
  • Gregory of Nyssa: On Basil, Moses, and episcopal office
  • Gregory of Nazianzus: ascetic life and episcopal office in tension
  • John Chrysostom: the model monk-bishop in spite of himself
  • III: THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEAL:
  • From nuisances to episcopal ideals: civil and ecclesiastical legislation
  • Normalizing the model: the Fifth-Century church histories
  • The broadening appeal: monastic and hagiographical literature
  • Epilogue: The legacy of the monk-bishop in the Byzanine world.